<![CDATA[Fires are prone to occur in densely populated residential areas, one of the densely populated areas is Wani Dua Village, Tanantovea sub-district, Donggala Regency. Villages with densely populated settlements with houses close together and located far from the fire engine post, if a fire occurs, it will easily spread to other residents' houses which will increase the risk of loss and psychological impact. This area is the capital of the Tanantovea sub-district with an area of ??302.64 km2 located 50 km from the district capital of Donggala. The purpose of the activity is to increase the capacity of the community to prevent and control fires in settlements. The method used is socialization and simulation to the community. The activity partners of the Wani Health Center, the Police, the Head of Wani Dua Village. The Health Poltekkes Pemenkes Palu as the initiator and facilitator of the activity. The activity begins with participant identification, informed consent, pre-test then training (socialization & simulation) is carried out and then post-test is carried out to determine changes in community behavior. The number of participants was 36 people, consisting of representatives of community leaders, youth, PKK and health cadres. The results of the socialization and simulation participants were followed by 18 disaster volunteers, 5 health cadres and 1 student from the Wani Health Center staff, 3 people from the Labuan Sector Police, 3 community leaders. The number of participants 36 people who took part in the discussion and simulation lectures showed that the participants' knowledge had increased as seen from the average pre-test score of 83.3 and the post-test average value of 85.5. Conclusion Younger participants with secondary and higher education levels experienced the greatest increase. Suggestions to do with more participants by involving the younger generation. Keywords: Prevention, Fire Preparedness]]>
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